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2030 Pittsburgh

By 2030, we will have transcended the need for owning multiple microprocessor-based devices. Instead, everyone will have a core-computing unit, a device that contains a microprocessor, some onboard storage for buffering and offline availability and wireless/cellular radios for cloud connectivity. The

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2040 Pittsburgh

By 2040, we will have started to transcend the need for physical device interfaces. Advances in external neural scanning allow low-cost-of-entry solutions to thought-to-device based controls for people hesitant to allow unproven technology to be surgically implanted, who represent the majority of the

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2050 Pittsburgh

Once technology for directly implanted neural interfaces is introduced, the cognitive disadvantage to those who choose to limit themselves to nonsurgical options are so great that employers begin requiring that their employees be augmented. This creates a significant amount of global unrest and religious

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